Plates vs. Brigandine — What's the Difference?

A smooth, flat, relatively thin, rigid body of uniform thickness.

A brigandine is a form of body armour from the Middle Ages. It is a garment typically made of heavy cloth, canvas, or leather, lined internally with small oblong steel plates riveted to the fabric, sometimes with a second layer of fabric on the inside.

A sheet of hammered, rolled, or cast metal.

Flexible body armor of small metal plates or rings, often covered with cloth.

A very thin applied or deposited coat of metal.

(historical) A coat of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewn or riveted to linen or other material.

A flat piece of metal forming part of a machine

A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages.

A flat piece of metal on which something is engraved.

A medieval coat of chain mail consisting of metal rings sewn onto leather or cloth

A license plate

A thin piece of metal used for armor.

Armor made of such pieces.

A sheet of metal, plastic, rubber, paperboard, or other material prepared for use as a printing surface, such as an electrotype or a stereotype.

A print of a woodcut, lithograph, or other engraved material, especially when reproduced in a book.

A full-page book illustration, often in color and printed on paper different from that used for text pages.

(Photography) A light-sensitive sheet of glass or metal on which a photographic image can be recorded.

(Dentistry) A thin metallic or plastic support fitted to the gums to anchor artificial teeth.

(Architecture) In wood-frame construction, a horizontal member that bears a load, as of a roof or a wall.

(Baseball) Home plate.

A shallow dish in which food is served or from which it is eaten.

The contents of such a dish

A whole course served on such a dish.

Service and food for one person at a meal

Household articles, such as hollowware, covered with a precious metal, such as silver or gold.

A dish passed among the members of a group or congregation for the collection of offerings.

A dish, cup, or other article of silver or gold offered as a prize.

A contest, especially a horserace, offering such a prize.

A thin cut of beef from underneath the ribs, including the diaphragm muscle.

A thin flat layer or scale, as that of a fish.

A platelike part, organ, or structure, such as that covering some reptiles.

An electrode, as in a storage battery or capacitor.

The anode in an electron tube.

(Geology) See tectonic plate.

(Informal) A schedule of matters to be dealt with

To coat or cover with a thin layer of metal.

To cover with armor plate

(Printing) To make a stereotype or electrotype from.

To give a glossy finish to (paper) by pressing between metal sheets or rollers.

To arrange (food) on a plate, as for serving

(Baseball) To cause (a run) to be scored or (a runner) to cross home plate, as by a hit.

Plural of plate